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Absolute Capital suspends redemptions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
Hedge fund manager Absolute Capital posted a notice on its website yesterday saying that it had "closed" its flagship fund, the $200 million Absolute Capital Yield Strategies Fund. The Yield Strategies Fund is an investor in the structured credit market ...

A smoking gun for the RBA

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... another rate hike. According to Reuters economists' survey, August is the most popular bet for a decision to jack up interest rates and financial markets have more than doubled the odds to a 78 per cent chance of a rate hike next month. Previously, inflation ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... markets. Compounding that was the higher-than-expected inflation figures, which triggered fresh worries about higher interest rates. At the 1615 AEST close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had tumbled 81.8 points to 6,340.5 and the All Ordinaries was ...

Local Super selects Vision for back office admin

... fund, it has a similar clientele to us and fully appreciates the needs of those kind of clients so that alignment of interest was a major factor for our decision," he said. Adding to these, any potential conflict of interest don't exist as Local Super ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... Japan's Nikkei average moved 0.21 per cent higher with a rebound in the stock KDDI thanks to strong earnings and investor interest in bank shares, including Mizuho Financial. The Nikkei average gained 38.39 points to end at 18,002.03. HONG KONG - Hong ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
... overall the sentiment is definitely to buy the mining stocks," Mr Anderson said. "We really haven't been rattled by the interest rate rise in China. "Newcrest reported today, and it was a very, very good result. Gold looks pretty perky, so people are ...

HFA finds Lighthouse leads to global growth

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
... The current agreement status means Lighthouse will receive 134.67 million HFA shares as part consideration for HFA's interest in Lighthouse, together with US$193.5 million in cash. The cash will in part fund Lighthouse's tax obligations. The HFA share ...

Economic balancing act

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
... pressure exerted by higher petrol and rents. This data will be critical in terms of whether the RBA will soon move again on interest rates. But with the RBA already anticipating higher underlying CPI in 2008, any further upstream pressure on prices in ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
... record that came as China stocks moved 1.3 per cent ahead with investors seemingly unperturbed about Beijing's latest interest rate rise. The Hang Seng Index ended up 73.66 points at 23,365.56. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market fell despite a ...

China's rates up again

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
Some call it knee jerk, some call it inevitability, but either way China raised interest rates for the third time since March, by 27bp to 6.84 per cent in an attempt to cool the fastest pace of economic growth in 12 years and combat record inflation. ...